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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name= George Forrest Dunn, Jr.
|name= George Forrest Dunn, Jr.
|death_place=[[Bossier City]], Louisiana
|death_place=[[Bossier City]], Louisiana
|resting_place=Forest Park Cemetery in [[Shreveport]]
|resting_place=Forest Park Cemetery in [[Shreveport]]
|spouse= (1) Rachel Nelson Dunn, later Rachel Williamson (divorced)<br>
|spouse= (1) Rachel Nelson Dunn, later Rachel Nelson Terrell Williamson (divorced)<br>
(2) Donna Young Dunn (1943-2014)<br>
(2) Donna Young Dunn (1943-2014)<br>
Children from first marriage:<br>
Children from first marriage:<br>
Robbie Jack Dunn (deceased)<br>
Robbie Jack Dunn (deceased)<br>
James Forrest "Jimmy" Dunn (deceased)
James Forrest "Jimmy" Dunn (deceased)
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] / later [[Independent]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]] / later [[Independent]]
|occupation=[[Business]]man<br>
|occupation=[[Business]]man<br>
Museum director<br>
Museum director<br>
While they were still teenagers, Dunn married the former Rachel Nelson (also born 1928). The couple had three children: Linda Dunn Turner (born 1947), Robby Jack Dunn (1949-2017),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=robby-jack-dunn&pid=186966176|title=Robby Dunn Obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 17, 2017|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref> and James Forrest "Jimmy" Dunn (1952–1985), who perished in an automobile accident in [[Oklahoma]]. The Dunns subsequently divorced, and Forrest Dunn married the former Donna Young (1943-2014), a Shreveport social worker who died of complications from surgery. She had two sons, Bryan and Austin Beard, from a previous marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=126623186|title=Donna Young Dunn|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref>
While they were still teenagers, Dunn married the former Rachel Nelson (also born 1928). The couple had three children: Linda Dunn Turner (born 1947), Robby Jack Dunn (1949-2017),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=robby-jack-dunn&pid=186966176|title=Robby Dunn Obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 17, 2017|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref> and James Forrest "Jimmy" Dunn (1952–1985), who perished in an automobile accident in [[Oklahoma]]. The Dunns subsequently divorced, and Forrest Dunn married the former Donna Young (1943-2014), a Shreveport social worker who died of complications from surgery. She had two sons, Bryan and Austin Beard, from a previous marriage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=126623186|title=Donna Young Dunn|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref>
The first Mrs. Dunn later married former state Senator Don W. Williamson, originally from Vivian in northern Caddo Parish, and later of Shreveport. Williamson was widowed from his first wife, the former Norma Herring of Vivian. Williamson, like Dunn, spent years in the furniture business.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "The Williamsons of Caddo Parish: A Political 'Mini-Dynasty'", ''North Louisiana History'', Winter 2008, pp. 33-.</ref> Dunn had two brothers, George Ellis Dunn (1939–2002) and James Wayne Dunn, who died in 2004.
The first Mrs. Dunn later married and was divorced from former state Senator [[Don Williamson]], originally from Vivian in northern Caddo Parish, and later of Shreveport. Williamson was widowed from his first wife, the former Norma Herring of Vivian. Williamson, like Dunn, spent years in the furniture business.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "The Williamsons of Caddo Parish: A Political 'Mini-Dynasty'", ''North Louisiana History'', Winter 2008, pp. 33-.</ref> Dunn had two brothers, George Ellis Dunn (1939–2002) and James Wayne Dunn, who died in 2004.
Dunn was a salesman prior to launching Dunn Furniture Company which operated for three decades: 1955-1985. The main location was at 4001 Jewella Avenue in Shreveport, and a second outlet was launched on Line Avenue.<ref name=forum/> Son Robby Dunn assisted in the store for a number of years and later ran a flea market. Forrest Dunn said that so many changes had occurred in the production, marketing, and sale of furniture over the years that it was "too much to mention."
Dunn was a salesman prior to launching Dunn Furniture Company which operated for three decades: 1955-1985. The main location was at 4001 Jewella Avenue in Shreveport, and a second outlet was launched on Line Avenue.<ref name=forum/> Son Robby Dunn assisted in the store for a number of years and later ran a flea market. Forrest Dunn said that so many changes had occurred in the production, marketing, and sale of furniture over the years that it was "too much to mention."
Though he maintains Democratic affiliation, Dunn endorsed Republican President [[Gerald Ford]], in the 1976 presidential election. In 1980, he ran for the 4th congressional district seat then held for a single term by former Representative Anthony Claude "Buddy" Leach, Jr., then of Leesville in Vernon Parish in western Louisiana. He finished fifth among the six candidates, including former state Senator Cecil Kay Carter, Jr. (1929-1987), of Shreveport, then state Senator Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., of Bossier Parish, and state Representative [[Loy Weaver]] of Homer in Claiborne Parish.
Though he maintains Democratic affiliation, Dunn endorsed Republican President [[Gerald Ford]], in the 1976 presidential election. In 1980, he ran for the 4th congressional district seat then held for a single term by former Representative Anthony Claude "Buddy" Leach, Jr., then of Leesville in Vernon Parish in western Louisiana. He finished fifth among the six candidates, including former state Senator Cecil Kay Carter, Jr. (1929-1987), of Shreveport, then state Senator Foster Lonnie Campbell, Jr., of Bossier Parish, and state Representative [[Loy Weaver]] of Homer in Claiborne Parish.
The seat was won by Buddy Roemer, who unseated Leach in the runoff election; technically, the general election held on the same day that [[Ronald W. Reagan]] unseated Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] for the presidency. When asked about his congressional race, the tight-lipped Dunn said simply, "I did not get enough votes." He declined to support either Leach or Roemer in the second round of balloting. Dunn received 8,208 ballots (6.7 percent). As predicted by some Republicans, Dunn polled more than enough votes to have kept the Republican candidate, James H. "Jimmy" Wilson (1931-1986) of Vivian, from a first- or second-place primary finish, presuming that Dunn voters' second choice in most cases may have been Wilson because the two shared ideas of fiscal conservatism.
The seat was won by Buddy Roemer, who unseated Leach in the runoff election; technically, the general election held on the same day that [[Ronald W. Reagan]] unseated Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] for the presidency. When asked about his congressional race, the tight-lipped Dunn said simply, "I did not get enough votes." He declined to support either Leach or Roemer in the second round of balloting. Dunn received 8,208 ballots (6.7 percent). As predicted by some Republicans, Dunn polled more than enough votes to have kept the Republican candidate, James H. "Jimmy" Wilson (1931-1986) of Vivian, from a first- or second-place primary finish, presuming that Dunn voters' second choice in most cases may have been Wilson because the two shared ideas of fiscal conservatism.